by Star News Staff | Feb 26, 2022
by Philip Wegmann With a reconnaissance plane in tow Thursday, a small fleet of eight fighters deliberately probed disputed airspace before scrambled jets scared them away, an air-to-air episode that may be part of the larger international epoch which President...
by Rachel Alexander | Feb 26, 2022
Phoenix Elementary School District 1 is cutting the merit-based pay of veteran school teachers, which accounts for 15% of their salaries, while offering $1,500 bonuses to new teachers who join the district. Some of the teachers believe it is in part due to the fact...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 26, 2022
A growing number of educational institutions throughout Wisconsin are moving to ditch mask mandates that have been placed on students for roughly two years. West Allis-West Milwaukee School District voted on Monday to remove a mask mandate for students, instead of...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 26, 2022
Members of the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission voted to give all 13 individuals on the panel a 7% raise, citing inflation concerns. The group, which will draw the state’s political boundaries for the next decade, was enacted by voters of...
by Eric Burk | Feb 26, 2022
Virginia’s new education administration has removed many of the equity training materials that used to be on the Virginia Department of Education website, according to a report from Superintendent of Public Education Jillian Balow. The removals and the report...
by Star News Staff | Feb 26, 2022
by Harry Wilmerding A key inflation indicator increased to its highest level in 38 years while consumer demand remained strong despite soaring prices, the Commerce Department announced Friday. The Commerce Department’s personal consumption expenditure (PCE)...
by Grant Holcomb | Feb 26, 2022
In an effort to “Buck the CDC” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and recently appointed Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced new COVID guidelines for Floridians. They are entitling the effort “Buck the CDC.” In a flyer pushed out by the governor’s office,...
by Laura Baigert | Feb 26, 2022
During his presentations of a bill that would enter the state of Mississippi into an interstate compact with Arkansas and Tennessee, the state Senate sponsor completely omitted that, if passed, the law would create an unelected quasi-governmental entity with very...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 26, 2022
A mother who was previously arrested at a Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) Board meeting was again arrested Thursday night, according to a mother who attended the meeting. “Last night Karen Pirkle was once again arrested at a school board meeting,”...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 26, 2022
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery on Friday announced a final agreement between large opioid distributors, Johnson & Johnson, and attorneys general throughout the country. According to the final details, Tennessee will receive approximately $600 million...
by Chris Butler | Feb 26, 2022
An organization tagged as catering to Republicans-In-Name-Only (RINOS) has apparently endorsed Republican Rich McCormick, who is running for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District — but reports say that they are keeping that endorsement under the radar. Members...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Feb 26, 2022
National pro-life leaders say President Joe Biden’s choice of Ketanji Brown Jackson to fulfill his promise to nominate a black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court also fits his administration’s aggressive pro-abortion stance since Jackson has shown her support for...
by Neil W. McCabe | Feb 26, 2022
In this episode of The Ohio Star Podcast host Neil W. McCabe, the national political editor of The Star News Network, has interviews from his time at the Conservative Political Action Conference held Feb. 23 through Feb. 27 in Orlando, Florida. The first guest...
by The Center Square | Feb 26, 2022
by J.D. Davidson The GOP-dominated Ohio Redistricting Commission has passed its third set of state legislative maps, a week after a court-ordered deadline and with one Republican objection. The 4-3 commission vote means if the maps are approved by the Ohio...
by Star News Staff | Feb 26, 2022
by Debra Heine Joe Biden announced on Thursday that an additional 7,000 U.S. troops will be deployed to Germany, bringing the total of U.S. troops sent to Europe this month to 12,000. On February 2, 1,700 troops were ordered to Poland, and 300 to...
by Star News Staff | Feb 26, 2022
by Brian Lonergan Although it sometimes may seem as though we live in a complex world and our country is beset with crises on all fronts, it is important to recognize that some of the most effective remedies are elegantly simple. They have worked for centuries...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 26, 2022
Two governors who serve as co-chairs of the bipartisan, presidentially-appointed Council of Governors – meant to give advice and opinions to the United States President’s Office along with heads of executive branch agencies like the Department of Defense (DOD)...
by The Center Square | Feb 26, 2022
by Cole Lauterbach Arizona House Republicans unanimously support ending an emergency declaration that has not received their consent to continue beyond a couple weeks. Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, continually has renewed his emergency declaration, which...
by Bethany Bowman | Feb 26, 2022
NASHVILLE, Tennessee- As a journalist who covers rising musical artists, I get sent a lot of songs to preview, way more than I could ever write about. But I try to give each band/artist a quick listen to see if this is something I want to further pursue. When I heard...
by Star News Staff | Feb 26, 2022
by Laurel Duggan President Biden announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court. Jackson, who donated to and worked with former President Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, has a...
by Star News Staff | Feb 26, 2022
by Eric Lendrum On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is allegedly set to announce an easing of mask restrictions on the national level. Fox News reports that the updated guidelines will focus less on the overall number of cases, and will instead...
